GRENADA VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Barbados BARBADOS GRENADA Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Stroke 1 145 2 104 + 40
Coronary Heart Disease 2 135 1 156 - 21
Diabetes Mellitus 3 98 3 90 + 8
Influenza and Pneumonia 4 83 4 54 + 29
Prostate Cancer 5 62 5 49 + 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers 6 43 11 20 + 23
Alzheimers & Dementia 7 43 19 10 + 33
Breast Cancer 8 36 9 25 + 11
Endocrine Disorders 9 35 7 28 + 7
Kidney Disease 10 35 6 40 - 5
Other Injuries 11 30 10 21 + 8
Lung Disease 12 28 13 16 + 12
Hypertension 13 27 8 27 + 0
Skin Disease 14 24 12 18 + 5
Lymphomas 15 19 21 10 + 9
Lung Cancers 16 16 14 15 + 1
Inflammatory/Heart 17 15 36 4 + 10
Pancreas Cancer 18 15 16 11 + 3
Violence 19 12 24 7 + 5
Leukemia 20 11 38 4 + 7
HIV/AIDS 21 11 42 3 + 7
Stomach Cancer 22 10 23 8 + 2
Cervical Cancer 23 10 20 10 + 0
Other Neoplasms 24 10 29 7 + 3
Road Traffic Accidents 25 9 22 9 - 0
Liver Disease 26 9 18 11 - 2
Uterin Cancer 27 8 15 12 - 4
Oral Cancer 28 7 28 7 + 0
Congenital Anomalies 29 7 26 7 - 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy 30 7 37 4 + 2
Parkinson's Disease 31 6 44 3 + 3
Ovary Cancer 32 6 35 4 + 1
Liver Cancer 33 5 25 7 - 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease 34 5 33 5 + 1
Asthma 35 5 43 3 + 2
Oesophagus Cancer 36 4 30 6 - 2
Anemia 37 4 32 6 - 1
Epilepsy 38 4 45 2 + 1
Bladder Cancer 39 4 41 4 - 0
Diarrhoeal diseases 40 3 48 2 + 1
Falls 41 2 34 5 - 2
Low Birth Weight 42 2 27 7 - 5
Birth Trauma 43 2 17 11 - 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis 44 2 56 0 + 1
Meningitis 45 2 68 0 + 2
Alcohol 46 2 31 6 - 4
Skin Cancers 47 1 54 1 + 1
Poisonings 48 1 60 0 + 1
Malnutrition 49 1 40 4 - 3
Osteoarthritis 50 1 50 1 - 0
Suicide 51 1 52 1 - 0
Hepatitis B 52 1 58 0 + 0
Drug Use 53 1 49 1 - 1
Dengue 54 1 63 0 + 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease 55 0 47 2 - 1
Maternal Conditions 56 0 55 1 - 0
Drownings 57 0 39 4 - 4
Upper Respiratory 58 0 57 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 59 0 84 0 + 0
Tuberculosis 60 0 51 1 - 1
Multiple Sclerosis 61 0 82 0 + 0
Fires 62 0 46 2 - 2
Oral conditions 63 0 86 0 + 0
Syphilis 64 0 59 0 - 0
Appendicitis 65 0 53 1 - 0
War 66 0 61 0 - 0
Pertussis 67 0 62 0 - 0
Measles 68 0 78 0 - 0
Diphtheria 69 0 76 0 - 0
Tetanus 70 0 77 0 - 0
Leprosy 71 0 80 0 - 0
Otitis Media 72 0 81 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 73 0 66 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 74 0 65 0 - 0
Ascariasis 75 0 64 0 - 0
Malaria 76 0 71 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 77 0 73 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 78 0 72 0 - 0
Leishmaniasis 79 0 75 0 - 0
Chagas disease 80 0 74 0 - 0
Chlamydia 81 0 67 0 - 0
Encephalitis 82 0 70 0 - 0
Hepatitis C 83 0 69 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 84 0 79 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 85 0 85 0 - 0
Depression 86 0 83 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GRENADA

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THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020